Objective To investigate the effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) on contractile function of rat thoracic aorta.Methods Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats,weighing 250-300 g,were sacrificed to obtain the thoracic aortic rings.The experiment was performed in 2 parts.Part Ⅰ The thoracic aortic rings were divided into 2 segments and randomly divided into 2 groups (n =20 each):control group and IL-1 group.In IL-1 group,the thoracic aortic rings were incubated with Kreb solution containing 20 ng/ml IL-1 for 2 h,and contracted with cumulative concentrations of phenylephrine,ranging from 10-9 to 10-5mol/L.In control group,the thoracic aortic rings were incubated with Kreb solution for 2 h,and contracted with cumulative concentrations of phenylephrine,ranging from 10 9 to 10-5mol/L.Part Ⅱ The thoracic aortic rings were divided into 3 segments and randomly divided into 3 groups (n=20 each):IL-1 group,IL-1+ L-NAME (the NOS inhibitor) group and IL-1 +cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin group (IL-1 +Ⅰgroup).The thoracic aortic rings were incubated with Kreb solution containing 20 ng/ml IL-1 for 1.5 h in the three groups.In addition,in IL-1 +L-NAME and IL-1 +Ⅰ groups,the thoracic aortic rings were incubated for 30 min with Kreb solution containing 100 μmol/L L-NAME and 2.5 mmol/L indomethacin,respectively.Contraction of the thoracic aorta was then induced with cumulative concentrations of phenylephrine,ranging from 10 9 to 10-5 mol/L.In group IL-1,the thoracic aortic rings were incubated with Kreb solution.The maximum contractile tension of the thoracic aortic rings was recorded at each concentration of phenylephrine,and the percentage of the maximum contractile tension at the concentration of 10-6 mol/L in group C was obtained.Results Part Ⅰ The percentage of contractile tension at phenylephrine 10-s,10-7,l0 6 and 10-5mol/L was significantly decreased in IL-1 group as compared with C group.Part Ⅱ The percentage of contractile tension at phenylephrine 10-7,10-6 and 10-5mol/L was significantly increased in IL-1+L-NAME and IL-1+I groups as compared with IL-1 group.Conclusion IL-1 can inhibit the contraction of rat thoracic aorta,and promoted production of NO and prostacyclin may be involved in the mechanism.

Totally 11 subjects with diabetic foot have been treated by umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cell (UCB-MSC) transplantation from November 2006 to October 2008 at the Chengyang People’s Hospital of Qingdao City. The course of disease was 6-18 years. Following over 6-months drug treatment and/or scaffold implantation, vascular bypass outcomes were bad. Of these patients, there were foot and/or lower limb cooling, pain, intermittent claudication and rest pain in 7 cases, abnormal color in foot skin in 7 cases, foot ulcer in 6 cases, gangrene in 4 cases, and concurrent infection in 2 cases. UCB-MSCs were obtained from healthy pregnant women, and supplied by Beike, Shenzhen, China. Following epidural or lumbar anesthesia, UCB-MSC suspension [cell number (1-6)?1011/L, 0.3-0.5 mL per point] was injected into affected lower extremity through multipoint muscles, with a distance among each point was about 3 cm ? 3 cm. Demixing injection could be performed in regions with plenty of muscles. At 1-4 weeks following transplantation, foot pain in 9 cases got amelioration or easement and cold sensation in 10 cases improved markedly. At 4-16 weeks after transplantation, foot ulcers were better and ulceration area reduced in 4 cases, gangrene area in 2 patients reduced and avoided amputation. 1 limb was amputated but with lowered level of amputation. After 12-24 weeks, 6 patients with intermittent claudication improved obviously, ankle-brachial index (ABI) increased in 3 cases, angiography showed an increase in visible collateral vessels in 3 patients. Transplantation of UCB-MSCs might be a simple, safe and effective method for patients with lower limb ischemia. It can effectively increase blood flow of lower limbs, promote ulcer healing and decrease amputation rate and amputation level.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of CT guided radioactive 125I seed implantation on elderly patients with advanced malignancies.Methods 78 cases of elderly patients with malignant were collected and divided into two groups.41 cases of the treatment group were treated with CT guided radioactive 125I seed implantation.Particle activity was 29.6 MBq.The prescription dose was 90-110 Gy.37 cases of the control group were treated with optimized supportive care.Data from all of patients were to review and followup observation in short term efficacy,quality of life and side efforts.Results The total effective rate was 92.7 ％(38/41)and the disease control rate was 97.6 ％(40/41)in the treatment group.The control group was in the effective rate and 16.2 ％(16/37)in the disease control rate.The quality of life of the treatment group was higher than those in the control group(P＜0.05).And there is no obviously side efforts.Conclusion The treatment of elderly patients with advanced malignant tumors by 125I seed implantation was a safe and effective method.It can improve the quality of patients' life.

Objective To study the influence of probucol on the diabetic mellitus patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) about blood lipids,serum level of the total antioxidant capacity (TAOC),malondialdehyde (MDA),superoxide dismutase (SOD) and macular edema,so as to provide clinical basis for the prevention and treatment of early DR by probucol.Methods 66 type 2 diabetes patients with 127 NPDR eyes were included.Patients were random divided into control and treatment groups,the control group was treated by intensive therapy of blood glucose and blood pressure control,and the treatment group was treated with the intensive therapy and probucol 0.375g,2 times a day for 12 months.Before and after treatment,the blood lipids,oxidative stress indicators and fundus fluorescein angiography in both groups had been determined.Results 62 cases with 120 eyes were enrolled in this study.Probucol obviously decreased levels of total cholesterol (TC) [ (3.6 ± 0.58) mmol/L VS (4.71 ± 0.61)mmol/L,t = 7.65,P ＜ 0.01 ],triglyceride (TG) [ (1.07 ± 0.35) mmol/L VS (1.23 ± 0.43) mmol/L,t = 2.02,P ＜ 0.05 ],low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC) [ (2.0 ± 0.47) mmol/L VS (2.55 ±0.56)mmol/L,t =4.18,P ＜0.01] and MDA[ (10.35 ±2.97)nmol/L VS (14.83 ±2.75)nmol/L,t =6.18,P ＜0.01] in plasma of the patients.Levels of TAOC [(19.25±4.11)u/ml VS (16.63 ±3.27)u/ml,t =3.57,P ＜0.01 ]and SOD[ (94.52 ± 10.28)u/ml VS (75.37 ± 9.87) u/ml,t =8.62,P ＜0.01]were significantly improved in the probucol group,and the macular edema was significantly reduced in patients of the probucol group(x2 =4.219,P ＜0.05).Conclusion Probucol regulated serum lipids,and it had the apparent action of antioxidant,and it decreased the incidence of macular edema.Probucol had a therapeutic effect in patients with NDPR.

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of dendritic cells-cytokine induced killer cells combined with surgical treatment for primary liver cancer.Methods Totally 78 patients with primary liver cancer were randomly divided into experiment group (n =30) and control group (n =48).The patients in experiment group received hcpatectomy combined with dendritic cells-cytokine induced killer cell treatment while those in control group were given hepatectomy treatment.The median time to recurrence,progression-free survival,survival and quality of life were evaluated.Observed side effects of cell therapy in experiment group.Results Experiment group received a total of dendritic cells-cytokine induced killer cell treatment 78,an average of 2.6 times per person.Fever occured in 8 patients who received dendritic cells-cytokine induced killer cell treatment.After one cycle of immune therapy,the KPS score of 20 cases was improved,8 cases were stable and and 2 case was worsen in the experiment group.The KPS score of 10 cases were improved,32 cases were stable and and 6 cases were worsen in the control group,and the difference is statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).The progression-free survival rates for 1,2 and 3 years in the experiment group were 73.3％,40.0％,23.3％ and 68.7％,27.0％,14.5％ in the control groups,respectively.The progression-free survival rates in the experiment group were improved compared to the control group and the difference is statistically significant (P ＜ 0.05).The median time of recurrence in the experiment group were (16.9 ± 2.6) months and (13.5 ± 2.9) months in the control group,respectively (P ＜ 0.05).The 1-2-3-years survival rates in the experiment group were 85.0％,50.0％,35.0％ and 85.0％,40.0％,23.3％ in the control group respectively.There was no statistically significant difference between these two groups (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Dendritic cellscytokine induced killer cells combined with surgical treatment on primary liver cancer is safe and effective,it can improve quality of life,and delay the recurrence time after surgery.But not improve long-term survival.

AIM: To investigate the protective effects and the mechanisms of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1 ) on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced lung injury after lung transplantation in rats. METHODS: 36 SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups ( n = 12 in each) : sham operation group ( control group) , lung transplantation (LT)group and PGE1 treatment group. PGE1 was administered to the rats through intra-venous way from 10 min before the operation to the end of the reperfusion. The wet/dry ratio of lung, lung permeability index and neutro-phil percentage were detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALE). Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malond-ialdehyde (MDA) of lung tissue were measured by color-imetry. Serum level of tumor necrosis factor ?(TNF?)was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RESULTS: The wet/dry ratio of lung, lungpermeability index and neutrophils percentage in BALF and MDA content of lung tissue in LT group were higher than those in control group( P

ObjectiveTo evaluate the primary effect of granulocyte-monocyte colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as an immunotherapy option for treatment of residual disease after alloHSCT.Methods Immunotherapy was performed on two patients with blood malignancy to treat residual disease after allo-HSCT. The patient one,who was diagnosed as having MDS-RAEB Ⅱ,showed bone marrow displasis and incomplete chimerism 6 months after unrelated donor HSCT.Immunosuppressive drug was withdrawn without induction of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).The patient two B-ALL demonstrated a residual disease at molecular level 30 days post-transplantation.Both of them were given GMCSF (300 μg) subcutaneously once every two days for totally three weeks.During the whole period,skin itch and rash,liver function,subgroups of lymphocytes,and MDSCs and DCs in peripheral blood were investigated.Results In case one,grade Ⅰskin acute GVHD (aGVHD) appeared as early as one week after GM-CSF administration,as well as grade Ⅱ (skin and liver) by the end of the third weeks,and GM-CSF injection was withdrawn.One month later since the start of GM-CSF,the patient showed normal bone marrow morphology and full donor type chimerism. Cyclosporine A (CsA), mycophenolate mofetil and methylprednisolone were administered for two weeks to control GVHD.In the other case,grade Ⅰ aGVHD occurred 9 days after GMCSF administration,and whole blood CsA maintained at 0.134-0.472 μmol/L.Prednisone (30mg per day for 5 days) was used to control grade Ⅱ GVHD from the 11th day after GM-CSF,and grade Ⅰ GVHD continued without any intervention.On the 30th day after GM-CSF treatment,bone marrow aspiration showed complete molecular remission.In both of the two cases,no differences in lymphocytic subtypes were revealed before and after GM-CSF administration,while there were trends of increased DC number and decreased MDSCs in peripheral blood.ConclusionThe administration of GM-CSF as an immunotherapy option for blood malignancy may contribute to the clearance of residual disease after Allo-HSCT.

Objective To investigate the clinical effect and safety of spleen-preserving surgery by microwave tissue coagulation (MTC) therapy.Methods Retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 45 cases undergoing spleen retaining surgery by MTC therapy (observation group) and comparative study was used on another 45 cases experiencing splenectomy (comparative group),clinical effect and complications were compared.All cases were patients from Jan.2010 to Jun.2013.Results All cases were cured.Hospitalization of observation group is obviously shorter than that of comparative group(P =0.007).The rate of complication in observation group(4.44％) is lower than that in comparative group (20.00％),but the time and amount of bleeding in operation of observation group is much more than that of comparative group.Conclusion MTC can effectively guarantee patients safety,shorten hospital stay,and be worthy of popularization.

AIM: To explore the molecular mechanism in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) by analyzing the expression of T cell signaling molecules in mice with autoimmune DCM. METHODS: Mouse DCM model was induced by immunizing the animals with adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) synthetic peptides. P56lck in T cells was detected with real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR in both DCM-group and the sham-immunized controls. At the same time, flow cytometry was used for quantity of Th cell intracellular cytokine IFN-? and IL-4, ELISA for examining the level of serum anti-ANT antibody, immune histochemistry for investigating the expression of CD45 in Th cells. RESULTS: The mRNA expression of P56lck ( 1 369.51 ?874.05 vs 47.93?10.21, P

Objective:To observe effect of Xiaoyu Zhixue Tablets on expression of platelet membrane glucoprotein in the patient of hemorrhagic thrombopathy and probe into the mechanism of the therapy.Methods:148 cases of hemorrhagic thrombopathy were randomly divided into a Chinese drug group(n=98)treated by Xiaoyu Zhixue Tablets,and a Western medicine group(n=50) treated by adrenosem,vitamine C,K,P.They were treated for 6 months.After treatment the therapeutic effect of hemostasis and the recovery rate of platelet aggregation in the two group were observed and analyzed.Before and after treatment expressions of platelet membrane glucoproteins GP Ⅰ b/Ⅸ,GP Ⅱ b/Ⅲa,GP Ⅰ b,GP Ⅱ b,GP Ⅲ a and p-selectin expression were detected with flow cytometry in the two groups and in 34 healthy persons(normal group).Results:The total effecive rate of hemostasis was 89. 8% in the Chinese drug group and 54.0% in the Western medicine group,and the recovery rate of platelet aggegation was 72.4% in the Chinese drug group and 4.0% in the Western medicine group,with significant differences(both P0.05).Conclusion:Xiaoyu Zhixue Tablets can up-regulate platelet membrane glucoproteins GP Ⅰ b/Ⅸ,GP Ⅱ b/Ⅲ a,GP Ⅰ b,GP Ⅲ a and p-selectin expression,which is possibly one of the mechanisms for treatment of hemorrhagic thrombopathy.